Kimberleigh Marie Zolciak-Biermann (née Zolciak; born May 19, 1978) is an American television personality and singer. In 2008, she appeared as one of the original housewives on the reality television series The Real Housewives of Atlanta. Zolciak-Biermann left The Real Housewives of Atlanta in 2012 during the fifth season of the series, and returned as a "friend of the housewives" for the show's tenth season in 2017–18. In 2015, she was one of the contestants of the 21st season of the dancing competition series Dancing with the Stars.